Life Visits Astaire in Aiken Aerialdance and Golf Club Portrait
Life Magazine captured Fred Astaire during a 1940 visit to Aiken with his wife’s relatives. Photographer George Karger filmed a dance routine against a theater screen and later at Palmetto Golf Club as Astaire leaped on the 10th hole, with son Freddie Jr. also featured. The piece notes Astaire’s death last Monday in Los Angeles and lists survivors Robyn, Fred Jr., Ava, and Peter.
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Life Magazine
Fred Astaire
Aiken
Astaire
Life
George Karger
Karger
Patricia Theater
Laurrens Street
Palmetto Golf Club
Freddie Jr
Freddie
Aiken Preparatory School
Los Angeles
Robyn
Fred Jr
Ava
Peter
Aiken Teens Dance the Big Apple for Fred Astaire
In spring 1938 Aiken teenagers gathered at the Easy Street home of Mrs. Bull to perform the Big Apple for dancer Fred Astaire. Edith Hahn rang the doorbell, producing the star who joined in an impromptu dance with the group and shared a peppermint.
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Big Apple
Fred Astaire
Astaire
Arkenites
Mr. Astaire
Easy Street
Mrs. Bull
Gary Anderson
Edith Hahn
Anderson
Christine
Don Ropp
Mary Duches
Robert Kenney
Evelyn Hafers
Duncan Holliday
Rosamond Durban
Duncan McDuffie
Willcox
Helen Meday
Sanford
N. C
Elise
Carol Thomas
Corday Studio
Hill
Astaire Reconsidered A Hip View Of A Dancing Star
A narrator recalls late prospects for Fred Astaire moviegoers and reevaluates Astaire as a supreme dancer and performer. The piece contrasts public contempt with admiration, noting his restrained private life and lasting influence, culminating in a fond personal tribute.
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Mrs. Astaire
Phyllis Livingston Baker
Harold W. Baker
Boston
Omaha
Neb
Freddy Jr
William Burdick
Winter Colony
Astaires
Thomas
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Mesne
Ruth Robinson Cato
Bull Residence
Hollywood
Randolph Scott
Christine Bates
Jerry Sawyer
Cato
Tom Robinson
Willa Berrie
John Dorr
Congress Theatre
Milwaukee Avenue
Oak
Errol Flynn
Abbott and Costello
Curley
Larry
Moe
Boris
Bela
Lon
John Wayne
Bogart
Slats Grobnik
Slats
Goofy
Ginger Rogers
Theresa Gabinski
George Balanchine
Balanchine
Debonair
People Magazine
Michael Jackson
Gene Kelly
Cyd Charisse
Central Park
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